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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Colorado.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Colorado.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91200 | 0.935 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 9 | Swarthmore College | 6700 | 93800 | 0.9287 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 11 | Bowdoin College | 7300 | 89900 | 0.919 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7700 | 90000 | 0.9149 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | 8900 | 92900 | 0.9044 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 19 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 20 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9500 | 30000 | 0.6831 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 21 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 22 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 91300 | 0.8797 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 23 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 26 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 27 | Arapahoe Community College | 12200 | 25400 | 0.5188 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95500 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 32 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 33 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 34 | University of California-Riverside | 13300 | 36500 | 0.6352 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13400 | 28000 | 0.522 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 36 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 36 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4733 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 41 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 41 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 25700 | 0.4353 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 43 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 43 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 83100 | 0.8229 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 46 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 37400 | 0.6048 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 47 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.438 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 48 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 49 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15500 | 37900 | 0.5906 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 50 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 51 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.314 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 52 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 53 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 54 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 55 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 56 | Lamar University | 16500 | 22900 | 0.2791 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 56 | University of South Alabama | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 58 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16700 | 35700 | 0.5323 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 58 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 46200 | 0.6386 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 61 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 32800 | 0.4884 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 62 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16900 | 53200 | 0.6827 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16900 | 24900 | 0.3209 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 64 | University of Maine | 17100 | 29300 | 0.4166 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 65 | University of St Thomas | 17400 | 50900 | 0.6584 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 66 | University of California-Berkeley | 17500 | 43500 | 0.5982 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 67 | University of Louisville | 17700 | 29100 | 0.3921 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 67 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 67 | University of Rhode Island | 17700 | 33900 | 0.478 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 70 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 71 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18100 | 52500 | 0.6552 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 72 | Prairie View A & M University | 18400 | 25400 | 0.2756 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 73 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 74 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 75 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19800 | 27600 | 0.2821 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 75 | Western Michigan University | 19800 | 32500 | 0.3912 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 20000 | 33600 | 0.4044 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | Texas Tech University | 20000 | 27900 | 0.2834 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 79 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 80 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 80 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 82 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 83 | University of Tulsa | 20500 | 62900 | 0.6741 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 84 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 20800 | 44400 | 0.5323 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 85 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 85 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 32800 | 0.3634 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 87 | Centre College | 21000 | 73400 | 0.7135 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5434 | |
| 87 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21000 | 30700 | 0.3143 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 89 | Northwestern University | 21500 | 89500 | 0.7601 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 89 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 21700 | 27100 | 0.199 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 92 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 93 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22300 | 59900 | 0.6276 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 94 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 95 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 96 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23400 | 44400 | 0.4726 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 97 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 98 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 99 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24500 | 26500 | 0.0755 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 100 | Hendrix College | 24600 | 59300 | 0.5848 | 1,101 | 1260 | 0.5563 | |
| 101 | Pikes Peak State College | 24800 | 31600 | 0.2154 | 12,388 | 0 | 0.8643 | |
| 101 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 103 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25300 | 56100 | 0.5487 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 104 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52500 | 0.5159 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 105 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 44000 | 0.4185 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 106 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 107 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 108 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 110 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 29600 | 0.0923 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 111 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 112 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 114 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 114 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 116 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 117 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 119 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 120 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.244 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 121 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 121 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 123 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 124 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 126 | Kansas State University | 29500 | 41600 | 0.2903 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 127 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 29600 | 70200 | 0.5787 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 128 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30200 | 44900 | 0.3271 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 129 | Michigan Technological University | 30500 | 34700 | 0.1211 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 130 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 130 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 132 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 133 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31200 | 62800 | 0.5028 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 134 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59600 | 0.4695 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 135 | University of Nevada-Reno | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 136 | University of Dayton | 32000 | 64200 | 0.5016 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 137 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 137 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32200 | 75200 | 0.572 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 137 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 141 | Rider University | 32300 | 60600 | 0.4671 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 142 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 143 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 144 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34200 | 35900 | 0.0474 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 146 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 147 | University of New Haven | 35600 | 67100 | 0.4695 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 148 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36000 | 42800 | 0.1573 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 150 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 150 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 152 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 153 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 153 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 155 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 156 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 157 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 158 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 159 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 159 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 161 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 162 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 164 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 165 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 166 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 167 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41700 | 42100 | 0.0095 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 168 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 169 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54700 | 0.2138 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 170 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 171 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44400 | 49300 | 0.0993 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 172 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 173 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 174 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 175 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48400 | 56600 | 0.1448 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 176 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 177 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 178 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 178 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 180 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1368 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 181 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49600 | 85800 | 0.4218 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 182 | University of California-San Diego | 49700 | 77100 | 0.3552 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 183 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 184 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1329 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 185 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 186 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 187 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 188 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 189 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 190 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 191 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 192 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.